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Falcons hold on at Dome
Quarterback Cory Mueller ran for two touchdowns and threw another to freshman Scott Kusilek and the Falcons held off a late Winona State rally to end the season with a 29-20 win in a Border Battle contest at the Metrodome Saturday night.



Falcons first loss a stinger
Stunning, frustrating, and heartbreaking are all words that can used to describe the UW-River Falls hockey team's 5-4 loss to UW-Superior Saturday night, but none of them would



Spikers drop the ball
After the UW-River Falls volleyball team opened the season with an impressive 20-1 start, head coach Patti Ford said the team "took the ball and ran with it."



Picking up where they left off
The Wildcat girls basketball team took some lumps over the course of the season last year. But things came together at the end, and the result was the first regional championship in school history.



Falcon men try to forget past
When UW-River Falls men's basketball coach Rick Bowen peers into the rearview mirror of his coaching career, there are two things he's glad he sees- his 1998-1999 season and his duties as men's athletic director. The two were intertwined in such a way that there were direct results of the latter on the former.



Johnson captures 2nd, 5th at state
Wildcat sophomore Jessica Johnson made a splash at the WIAA State Swimming and Diving Championships in Madison last Friday by finishing second in the 200 yard freestyle and fifth in the 500 yard freestyle.



Falcon women look for more balance
Goodbye, Missy Johnson; hello, Stephanie Olson, Andrea Long, Melissa McKernon, Julie Anacker. well, you get the point.



Wildcat football players honored
Ten members of the Wildcat football team were honored with selection to the 1999 All-Big Rivers Conference football team released last week.



Women's hockey team showing improvement
After a brutal opening weekend against Gustavus Adolphus, the UW-River Falls women's hockey team showed up to take on a three game week. Though they were unable to capture a victory, the Falcons showed definite improvement, dropping games to St. Catherine 6-3 and St. Benedict 5-0 and 6-1.




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